NHTSA says 2010 sets record for 'voluntary' recalls
 

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/etc/" rel="tag">Etc.</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/government-legal/" rel="tag">Government/Legal</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/recalls-tsbs/" rel="tag">Recalls</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/" rel="tag">Safety</a></p><a href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/2010-a-record-year-for-voluntary-recalls/"><img alt="National Highway Transportation Safety Administration logo" class="right border" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.autoblog.com/media/2011/01/nhtsa-logo-250-1295623191.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; margin: 4px; float: right;" /></a>Last year was a big one for recalls. According to <em>The New York Times</em>, 2010 served up a record number of voluntary recalls from automakers. A total of 14.9 million vehicles were ushered back to dealerships for repairs that were not part of a <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/nhtsa">National Highway Transportation Safety Administration</a> investigation. The figure is up 8.5 million vehicles from 2009. That doesn't necessarily mean that the repairs were made out of the goodness of automakers' hearts, of course. When a manufacturer learns of a defect, the company is required by U.S. law to initiate a recall, even if it wasn't prompted by NHTSA.<br />
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In all, automakers recalled around 20.3 million vehicles in 2010, making it the fourth largest number of recalls in a year since NHTSA began keeping track in 1966. Number one still goes to 2004 with 30.8 million units recalled.<br />
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<em>The New York Times</em> reports that of the top five manufacturers with the most recalls, three were Japanese. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/toyota">Toyota</a> led the game with a total of 6.7 million vehicles going back to dealerships, followed by <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/general motors">General Motors</a> with four million recalled vehicles. <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/honda">Honda</a> landed third with 2.4 million troubled units with <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/nissan">Nissan</a> and its 2.1 million units not far behind. Finally, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/make/chrysler">Chrysler</a> rounded out the big five with 1.6 million recalled vehicles.<br />
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[Source: <a href="http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/2010-a-record-year-for-voluntary-recalls/">The New York Times</a>]<p style="padding:5px;backgr ound:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/21/nhtsa-says-2010-sets-record-for-voluntary-recalls/">NHTSA says 2010 sets record for 'voluntary' recalls</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblo g</a> on Fri, 21 Jan 2011 11:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/21/nhtsa-says-2010-sets-record-for-voluntary-recalls/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/19810030/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2011/01/21/nhtsa-says-2010-sets-record-for-voluntary-recalls/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>

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